DECEMBER 18, 2019 – WINE NEWS FETCH

TOP NEWS

• Breaking the doom loop: Wine desperately needs AgTech to get out of its slump
• U.S. beer, spirits, wine industry escape big tax hike in year-end budget deal
• Are private labels a con?
• Here’s to Female Power in Wholesale Alcohol
• Despite e-Commerce’s importance, bricks & mortar still rule retail
• Boutique winemakers: Save time and effort this harvest season with this new production app! Click now to learn more! (Sponsored)

ICYMI (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• For wineries, 2019 was the BEST year and the WORST year (depends on HOW you ask)
• 7 proven ways to boost wine restaurant sales (Sponsored)

WINE SUPPLY & CONSUMPTION

• Australia’s heatwave and bushfires create ‘ominous’ conditions for wine industry
• Chablis declares 2019 a “quality” vintage
• 2019 Beaujolais Grape Harvest: Reduced Quantity But Optimal Quality

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• After fall’s wildfire scare, visitors will find Napa and Sonoma pleasantly normal
• North Coast wineries, breweries getting another year of federal excise tax break
• California freelance journalists sue over new state law
• McVicar Vineyards, once the site of Dahl murder/suicide, sells for $5.5 million
• Why the Almond Industry Is on the Edge of a Revolution
• This insider look at distributor Friday meetings can spotlight your wine (Sponsored)

HEALTH

• Alcoholic? Me? How to tell if your holiday drinking is becoming a problem
• Survey: 78% of Brits give into drinking pressures

WILDFIRES

• PG&E, California wildfire victims rework $13.5 billion settlement

DROUGHT/WATER

• Yes, there’s microplastic in the snow

ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY

• Extreme Conditions and a Changing Climate on Patagonia’s Southern Winemaking Frontier
• Monte Zovo Winery On The Value Of A Biodiversity Manifesto

FINANCE, INVESTMENT, M&A

• Bordeaux Third-Growth Cantenac-Brown Sold

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

• Proposed 100% Tariffs. Help Needed

DISTRIBUTORS

• Get Actionable Insights For Your Import and Distribution Business Here. (Sponsored)

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• The impact of technology: record number of active wines in 2019
• Sotheby’s Wine Sales Top $100 Million for Second Consecutive Year
• Acker Finishes Decade as Leading Auction House in the World With US$823 Million of Sales

DATA & TRENDS

• Nielsen 2020 Wine Predictions for On- and Off-premise
• The Biggest Food And Drink Trends For 2020
• The Drinks Trends That Defined the Decade (podcast)

TRADE SHOWS & CONFERENCES

• Vinexpo New York sees early jump in participants

SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• TikTok. It’s time for restaurants to pay attention to this new social media platform

MEDIA MATTERS

• Book Review: Drink More Wine! A Simple Guide to Peak Experiences NOW
• Time to enter the Born Digital Wine Awards

WINE PEOPLE

• 37 years well spent: Andy Frost
• 8 Women Reshaping Miami’s Wine Scene
• Ray Isle on The Taste with Doug Shafer (podcast)

WINE EDUCATION

• Where next for the Wine and Spirits Education Trust?
• Wine Scholar Guild: Curious to Taste and Travel While Learning Wine?

WINE HISTORY

• Massive Roman Shipwreck May Have Had 200,000 Bottles’ Worth of Wine Aboard
• Fish sauce and wine: 2,000-year-old factory found in Ashkelon highlights Roman culinary tastes

NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• New England’s Winemakers Don’t Care How They Do It in California

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• 2 Grades of Winegrapes From One Vineyard? Here’s How

EUROPE & THE UK

• Inter Beaujolais appoints new MD
• UK: Online booze sales soar in November

DOWN UNDER

• New managing director for the Australian Wine Research Institute
• OZ: Process for Wilyabrup GI underway
• OZ: New president appointed to LCGWC

SOUTH AFRICA

• Wildfires Destroy South Africa’s Lismore Estate Vineyards

AROUND THE GLOBE

• A portrait of the Russian wine consumer

BEER, CIDER, WINE & SPIRITS

• UK: Advertising watchdog bans Brewdog’s alcohol-free beer poster